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India vs Sri Lanka, ODI, 3rd ODI, December 17, 2017 - Match Info

🏆Match Completed

INDvsSL

🏟️ Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam•🏏 ODI Match•🏅 Sri Lanka tour of India, 2017•📅 Date & Time : Dec 17, 08:00 AM (IST)
India won by 8 wickets
★ Player of the Match: Kuldeep Yadav

Commentary

Over 32

02:24 PM
Dananjaya to Karthik, FOUR, all over! India haven't lost a bilateral series in any format in 2017. That is some record. This game is over quickly. Very quickly. 215 has been made to look paltry - relatively speaking of course. The winning hit came from DK who saw the tossed up delivery outside off and lofted it up and over cover. No-one in the deep and it gives India the series 2-1
FOUR
02:24 PM
Dananjaya to Karthik, wide, down leg, googly gone wrong

Over 31

02:23 PM
Gunaratne to Dhawan, no run, too full, eased back down the track
over-break
02:22 PM
Gunaratne to Dhawan, FOUR, Dhawan doesn't join the SRT club! Of being denied a hundred by DK. Our colleague Kumar who is from Orissa needles me saying that DK did the same to Sachin back in 2009 at the Barabati. But Dhawan has hogged the strike and reaches his hundred. The sweep was intended to go behind square, but it ran off the edge and since it was hit so hard, split deep square and deep mid to perfection. The celebrations follow
MILESTONE
02:21 PM
Gunaratne to Dhawan, no run, no he doesn't. Short on off, rocks back to cut and finds backward point. There are a stack of fielders on the off-side so can't pierce the gap
02:20 PM
Gunaratne to Dhawan, wide, down leg, Dhawan tries the vertical bat sweep, misses. What a chance to get a 100. Dickwella does well to stop as well
02:20 PM
Gunaratne to Dhawan, FOUR, doesn't matter how many you have on the leg-side. Dhawan will still find the boundary. Quicker ball on the pads, sliding on with the angle, whipped to the deep backward square fence. Rocketed to the fence
FOUR

Key Moments

02:51 PM
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02:51 PM
The trophy has been handed to Rohit Sharma and as ever, it goes into the hands of the latest of newcomers. Siddarth Kaul, this time. He holds the trophy as the rest of the crew grin for the cameras. All done and dusted.
02:26 PM
The crowd are chanting "Dhoni" multiple times. They didn't get to see him bat but how well have India done to seal this win with so much ease. The collapse by Sri Lanka earlier on played a huge part and the pitch didn't have any demons on it either. Once Sri Lanka lost the plot to make just 215, India had to self-destruct to lose on this. Against New Zealand earlier, in a series decider, the visitors were decimated on a turning track while chasing. No such worries this time. Rohit got out early but that was the only momentary solace for the visitors as they were torn to shreds by Shreyas Iyer and Dhawan. Iyer threw away a hundred but the experienced Dhawan didn't. Dhawan also was clever enough to do the math at the end and rush to his hundred with a calculated assault. So happy faces in the Indian camp and in the crowd as well. Do hang on for the post-match presentation and the other stuff that will come your way soon...
02:21 PM
Gunaratne over the wicket now. What's the plan Guna?

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